Improvement in dough-kneaders



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Letters Patent No. 112,707, dated March 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOUGH-KNEADERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters P atent and making part oi the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT HENRY HAWES, of

Mount Meridian, in the county oi' Augusta and State of Virginia, have invented a new and valuable Im` provement in Dough-Kneadeis; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of' the drawing is a representation of my invention in top view.

Figure 2 is a central vertical section ofthe same.

Figure 3 is a detached View, showing the hasp.

My invention has relation to an improvement in means for kneading dough and It consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices whereby a large or small mass of.

dough may be worked and kneaded thoroughly, rap idly, and with small expenditure of labor, as hereinaft-er shown and described.

The letter A of the drawing designates the box or receiver, into`which the flour and water, mixed or unmixed, may be placed.

This box consists of twoparts-r-a lower box, B,

provided ywith four vertical walls, of which the two end walls a are the full height of' the receiver A, and the two side Walls b are about half this height and an upper frame, C, consisting of two parallel boards, c, connected by-cross-ties, d, and serving to complete the full height of the side walls l) of theboxB. These two portions B and C areconnected together by a V-shaped hasp, I), which is secured, by staples passing through its upper ends, to the sides of the frame C, and to the sides ofthe box B by means of a button, u, passing through the slot e, and keyed in place by being turned.

E represents lthe main kneadingfroller. Its jour'- nals rest in bearings in the upper edges of the walls b, and are prevented from displacement by the walls c, which serve as caps.

On the end of one of the ljournals of this roller is rigidly secured the toothed wheel d.

F represents a small auxiliary roller,working above and parallel with the roller E.

Io one end of the roller F is attached a crank, G, and to the other end is secured a toothed wheel, e, designed to engage .with the toothed wheel d of the roller E.

H designates the scraper, a dat bar, extending transversely across from side to side of the frame O. This'scraper is placed above the middle of the roller E, nearly touching it, and is inclined downward toward the axial line ofthe roller.

Inclined grooves, h h, are formed in the opposite walls c c ofthe frame O.

There may be a series of these grooves ou each side, parallel to each" other, and serving as a means for adjusting the inclined sliding guide-board K at any required distance fromthe roller E, regulated by the amount of dough to be worked. This inclined board may extend nearly or quite to the Abottom of the box.B.

The operation of the dough-lneader is as follows:

lhe llour and vWater are preferably first mixed. If vthe quantity be small, the inclined guide K is adj usted close to the roller; ifit be large, the ..board is adjusted as far from the roller as may be necessary. The dough then having been deposited between the guide K and the roller E, all that is necessary is to turn the crank G eithel' backward and forward, or by full revolutions, as may be most convenient, until the dough is thor oughly worked, which .will usually be 4in about ten minutes. The frame C, with the guide K, .having beenremoved, the dough may be readily rolled out on the bottom of the box B, the roller E being usually adj usted therefrom a sufficient distance to correspond with the required thickness of dough for rolling bis cuits or rolls.

If it should be desirable, the journals of the roller E may be seated in adjustable slides, and in that case it can be used for rolling any thickness of dough, with this advantage, that the dough will be always evenly spread. f

Inthe 'kneading operation the inclined guide K servesan important purpose in keepingthe dough up to the roller.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In adough-kneader, the combination of the roller E with the adjustable iguide-board K and box A, provided with parallel adjustii'lg-grooves, h h, substantially as specified.

2. vIn a dongh-kneader, the combination of the roller E with the box A, inclined guide K, small roller F, and scraper H, substantially as herein shown and described.

. In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my'name in the presence of two wit lleSSGS. v

. HERBERT HENRY HAWES.

Witnesses:

EDWARD IsAIAH JONES,

Tnons'rox GEORGE SroU/r. 

